# Kim Seng Bridge

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**Kim Seng Bridge** is a road bridge in [Singapore River](/source/Singapore_River). Singapore. The bridge is named after [Tan Kim Seng](/source/Tan_Kim_Seng), who was a Singaporean businessman and philanthropist from the [Peranakan](/source/Peranakans) ethnic group. It marks the start of the [Singapore River](/source/Singapore_River) to its mouth.[1]

Colloquially, Kim Seng Bridge is also known as Hong Hin Kio (丰 兴 桥) in Hokkien and Fung Heng Lo (also 丰 兴 桥) in Cantonese.[citation needed]

In 1862 Tan Kim Seng erected the first bridge on the site of today's bridge, which was named after him. It was replaced in 1890 by a new bridge.

Due to increased traffic on the bridge, a new bridge was built on the original site by contractors Ewart and Company in 1951 with a budget of $370,000.[2] The new bridge consisted of [prestressed concrete](/source/Prestressed_concrete) and [steel](/source/Steel). The new bridge is 20 m wide (twice as much as the predecessor bridges) and 26 m long and can carry up to 13 tonnes of weight per m2.[2]

## References

1. Savage, Victor R.; Huang, Shirlena; Chang, T. C. (2004). ["The Singapore River Thematic Zone: Sustainable Tourism in an Urban Context"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3451253). *The Geographical Journal*. **170** (3): 215. [ISSN 0016-7398](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0016-7398)

1. ["Kim Seng Bridge"](https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/surveyed-sites/Kim-Seng-Bridge). *www.roots.gov.sg*. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

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